An Introduction to Our Staff
Here you will meet the Staff at Diving Enterprises. Our highly qualified staff is one of the key elements in making Diving Enterprises successful over the years. We've trained over 5,500 students, have logged over 20,000 combined dives, and have over 150 years of combined diving experience...and that's just our staff!
So now you might be asking yourself, "So how does this affect me?" When you sign up for SCUBA you are getting involved with a sport that can give a lifetime of fantastic experiences and great memories. It's not just SCUBA, it's traveling to exotic destinations around the world, enjoying great companions, making new friends, exploring the world above and below the surface. SCUBA is part of the adventure. That's where we fit in.
We know a lot about SCUBA, and we have the professional staff you want to get the highest regarded, most accepted, SCUBA certification in the world. But it doesn't stop there, our instructors and staff hold some of the most prestigious training certifications available and have decades of experience. Who better to have teaching you than someone who has been doing it for years. When it comes to deciding who you want training you, the obvious choice is Diving Enterprises. We invite you to meet our staff.
Ayers, Mel
| Qualifications: | OWSI, EMT, research Diver with Jacques Cousteau, former Dive Supervisor for Lynchburg College. All around nice guy | ![]() |
| Types of Instruction: | Scuba, Seal Team, Master Seal Team | |
| Total Dives: | 1100 | |
| Started Diving: | Jan 23, 1963 | |
| Additional Info: | Loves to teach kids. Certified one of the youngest (10) National Geographic Open Water Divers ever. |
Bowman, Dave
| Qualifications: | PADI Instructor | |
| Types of Instruction: | OWSI | |
| Total Dives: | 1501 | |
| Started Diving: | Jan 01, 1998 | |
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Dodd, Ron
| Qualifications: | DM, Nitrox, Wreck, Deep | |
| Types of Instruction: | PADI | |
| Total Dives: | 105 | |
| Started Diving: | Jun 02, 2002 | |
| Additional Info: | Most interesting dive: Cooper river artifact hunting. |
Dodson, Dave
| Qualifications: | OWSI | |
| Types of Instruction: | PADI | |
| Total Dives: | 523 | |
| Started Diving: | May 15, 1999 | |
| Additional Info: | Our country boy. Always in a good mood. Liked diving enough to marry another instructor. Best Dive: 7 Sisters in Fiji |
Dunker, Ken
Dunker, Mary
| Qualifications: | Store Owner, OWSI, MSDT, IDC Staff, Cave Diver, Technical Diver, Equestrian |
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| Types of Instruction: | Scuba, DiveMasters, Assistant Instructors, | |
| Total Dives: | 905 | |
| Started Diving: | Apr 15, 1994 | |
| Additional Info: | Some of her favorite dives: Cave Diving Akumal, Darwin's Arch Galapagos, Many sites in Bonaire |
Field, Rich
Grigg, Allen
| Qualifications: | OWSI, MSDT, Cave Diver, Techncal Diver, Research Diver | ![]() |
| Types of Instruction: | Scuba, DiveMaster | |
| Total Dives: | 2185 | |
| Started Diving: | Jun 12, 1995 | |
| Additional Info: | Best Dive: Little River - Most interesting project: Research diving in South Holston Lake |
Owens, Mickey
| Qualifications: | OWSI, MSDT, IDS Staff, Master Instructor, Technical Instructor, EFR, Teacher, Chess Instructor | |
| Types of Instruction: | PADI | |
| Total Dives: | over 5000 | |
| Started Diving: | Jan 01, 1995 | |
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Stancil, Chandie
| Qualifications: | DM, Wreck, Nitrox | |
| Types of Instruction: | PADI DiveMaster | |
| Total Dives: | ||
| Started Diving: | Apr 01, 2002 | |
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Wilson, Todd
| Qualifications: | OWSI, MSDT, Cave Diver | |
| Types of Instruction: | Scuba, MSDT, Emergency First Response | |
| Total Dives: | 1537 | |
| Started Diving: | Oct 03, 1993 | |
| Additional Info: | Best Dives: Bonaire, Cave dive at Little River |
Wooten, James
| Qualifications: | Master Scuba Diver | |
| Types of Instruction: | ||
| Total Dives: | 87 | |
| Started Diving: | Jun 30, 2002 | |
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